--- title: When Pele had laid herself down on the soft mats of Puna for her lon… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: When Pele had laid herself down on the soft mats of Puna for her long sleep she had charged her little sister, who had been carried in her bosom, to wake her if she had not returned to life before nine days were past. Who acts: Pele, land. 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D. Westervelt, Pele’s Long Sleep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pele, land), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66516:14:148 # text = When Pele had laid herself down on the soft mats of Puna for her long sleep she had charged her little sister, who had been carried in her bosom, to wake her if she had not returned to life before nine days were past. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 5 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Puna Puna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 before before SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 past past ADV RB _ 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay down** | past · perfect | Pele | land | | the soft mats of Puna | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme on mat=Destination | | 2 | **charge** | past · perfect · passive | | land | | | | for land's long sleep; land's little sister *obl* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for sleep=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | land's little sister | | land's bosom | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in bosom=Location | | 4 | **wake** | to-infinitive | | land | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **not** **return** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | land | | | | | to life *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to life=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | land *not said here* | | | | day | past *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sleep** | | land | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **bosom** | | land | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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